sobaco

Concepts

armpit

axilla

underarm

arm pit

oxter

armhole

wing

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Synonyms

axila

áxila

debajo del brazo

sopo

Hyphenated as

so‧ba‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/soˈbako/

Etymology

Cognate with Romanian: subsuoară

Cognate with Portuguese: sovaco

Cognate with Asturian: sobacu

Cognate with Galician: sobaco

In summary

Of uncertain or obscure origin. Possibly from a crossing of Late Latin or Vulgar Latin subāla (from sub + āla (“wing; armpit”); cf. Romanian subsuoară) with subhircus (from hircus (“male goat; smell of armpits”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subbracchium, from sub- + bracchium. Found uniquely in Ibero-Romance languages. Compare Portuguese sovaco, Asturian sobacu, and Galician sobaco, cf. also sobrazo.